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African Slave Trade c.1780s: Selected Perspectives from an African & a Briton
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade — Database (www.slavevoyages.org)
Antera Duke’s Diary & James Irving’s Letters and Journal
African Slave Trade Practices
Abolitionist Movement in Britain
Conclusion
Bibliography
John Ledyard: Globalization in the Atlantic World
The Beginning of the American Traveler
A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage
Sea Otters and Imperial Design
Cold Russian Shoulders
The Billings Expedition
American Ideal
Bibliography Ledyard
Early Atlantic Naturalism: A Cultivation of National Identity
Friends in Smart Places
From Farmer to Father of American Botany
Contributing to the Scientific Method
Further Research
The Norfolk Riots (1768 -1769): A Case of (Dis)empowerment?
The Idiosyncrasies of Inoculation
The Gentlemen
The Mob
The Press
Bibliography
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: An exploration of anti-piracy campaigns under Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and the demise of Blackbeard, 1696-1718
A Personal Vendetta: Spotswood’s War on Pirates
Spotswood Intervenes: Virginia on the North Carolina Coast
Officially Offended: A Proclamation Against Blackbeard
The Demise of Blackbeard
Concluding StoryMap & Bibliography
Blurred Lines: The Criminalization of Buggery in 16th Century England
Devising Boundaries: Distinctions Between Man & Animal
Transgressing Boundaries: Birthing Monsters
Establishing Boundaries: Criminalization of Bestiality
Every Dog Has its Day (in Court)
Conclusion
Privileged Pour: Hannah Griffith's Coffeehouse
Her Husband Becomes a Legend
The Legend Grows
Prestigious Pourhouse
A Respectable Option
Legacy of the Lady
“A Testimony of Cherished Affection”: Establishing Legacy in the Early Republic
The Gift Givers
The Recipients
The Gifts
Anniversary Gifts
Encouraging Patriotism
Enhancing Physical Appearance
Making Social Connections
Promoting Education
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About Alexander Spotswood
Objects and Knowledge: The Process of Creating an American Identity
Art and Material Culture
Collecting Mexican Artifacts and Displaying Knowledge in the Early United States
Learned Societies
Joel Poinsett
Spreading the news
Transferring Artifacts to the United States
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About Blackbeard (Captain Edward Teach)
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The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin's Act
1838
Leda and the Swan
1649-1734
A hundred sermons vpo[n] the Apocalips of Iesu Christe reueiled in dede by thangell of the Lorde: but seen or receyued and written by thapostle and Eua[n]gelist. S. Iohn: compiled by the famous and godly learned man, Henry Bullinger, chief pastor of the congregation of Zuryk. Newly set forth and allowed, according to the order appoynted in the Quenes maiesties, iniuntions. Thargument, wurthines, commoditie, and vse of this worke, thou shalt fynd in the preface: after which thou hast a most exact table to leade thee into all the princypall matters conteyned therin.
1561
Public Sale
1806-12-11
The London Gazette [Issue 5740]
1719-04-21
Some Account of Mr. Ledyard's Method of Traveling
1792-07
Extracts from a letter...
1788
A Pro-inoculation Account of the Norfolk Riots
1768-08-25
Pre (Peter) Simon Pallas
1820
An Anti-inoculator's Response
1768-09-08
Samuel Boush's Defense
1768-08-29
British Officials Flee Rioting re Stamp Act
Commodore John Paul Jones
Des monstres et prodiges
1573
Excerpt of plea to Alexander Spotswood
1724
Elizabeth Boush (later Mrs. Champion Travis, b. 1752-1754 and d. before 1811)
1769
John Ledyard's Departure
1980
Thomas Newton, Jr. (1742-1807)
1770
Ledyard to Jefferson July 7, 1786
1786-07-07
Letter to Abigail Moore (mother), Jun 1788.
1788-06
Sketch of John Ledyard
1870
Letter to Thomas Jefferson Regarding the Death of Ledyard
1789-06-18
Letter to Charles Thomson dated 20 September 1787
1787-09-27
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